Jonathan Ruiz and Pat Curiale each scored two goals as the North defeated the South 9-2 in the Junior/Senior Showcase game played at Hollydell. After spotting the South a 1-0 lead on a goal by Eric Simone just over one minute into the game the North would score the next eight goals. Kyle Parks began the streak as he put home a pass from Ruiz right along the side of the net, Jason Spieker also assisted. That line created a lot of scoring opportunities all night. Curiale, playing with teammate Garrett Quinn would give the South the lead for good at the eight minute mark as he broke in with Quinn on a 2-on-1. Adam Seitz scored an unassisted goal thirty seconds later and the lead was 3-1.

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In sports the one of the many sayings is it’s not how you start but how you finish. Look at the Giants, they got hot at the right time and unfortunately are celebrating another championship. Same can be said for the St Louis Cardinals last year. As we look back in the SJHSIHL, we used the last 6 games as a barometer to see who has been hot. Cherokee comes in as the favorite, rightfully so as they are the defending champs and finished atop of the Tier 1 division with just 2 losses. And in their last 6 games have gone 5-1. Clearview has won 4 games in a row and 5 out of 6, with the lone loss coming against Cherokee, a team they defeated earlier in the season.

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Washington Township opened its playoff run with a 3-1 win against Shawnee on Monday night in SJHSIHL double elimination action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Ryan McCusker stopped 20 shots, including a penalty shot and Township got goals from Doug Sanders, Jason Smith and Garrett Quinn. After a scoreless first period Mack Kaiser was awarded a penalty shot by referee Tim Holz after being dragged down from behind on a breakaway. McCusker stoned him to keep the game scoreless and about one minute later Sanders scored down low with Pat Curiale getting the assist.

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Kelly Farinella stopped 27 shots and Cole Zucker and Dave Mazzilli scored two goals each as Cherokee defeated Shawnee 5-2 at the Igloo in Mt. Laurel on Monday night. Lawrence Walker scored both Shawnee goals. With the win the Chiefs clinched the number one seed for the playoffs. Walker gave Shawnee a 1-0 lead scoring a power play goal just four minutes into the game. Zucker would tie the score at 1-1 at the nine minute mark and that’s how the period would end.

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Rich Busch scored in the final minute as Williamstown rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie Shawnee 3-3 in SJHSIHL action at Hollydell on Friday night. Jonathan Ruiz scored the lone goal of the first period as the Braves led 1-0. Jesse Pagliuso scored both Shawnee goals in the second period, one early on the power play to tie the game at 1-1. Then with just over five minutes left he gave Shawnee its first lead at 2-1 with Vinny Misiewicz getting the assist.

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Vinny Misiewicz scored his tenth goal of the season in the third period, to snap a 2-2 game and give Shawnee a 3-2 win over Black Horse in SJHSIHL action played at Hollydell. Black Horse fell to 10-3 on the season. Shawnee improved to 7-4-1. Clearly Black Horse, a Tier II team has the talent to compete at the Tier I level, especially with Kevin Magin and Tyler Graham.

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Cole Zucker had three goals and two assists as Cherokee came back from a two goal deficit to defeat Shawnee 7-3 in SJHSIHL action played in front of a packed house at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Both goalies struggled early as the teams combined for 7 goals in the first 18 plus minutes of play. However Cherokee goalie Kelly Farinella shut down the Shawnee attack for the remaining 27 minutes on arguably her biggest game in front of a large crowd.

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Lawrence Walker scored two goals to lead Shawnee past the EEW 6-4 in action at the Igloo. The teams traded goals in the opening period, which was dominated by Shawnee as they out-shot the EEW 12-4. Macklin Kaiser notched his fifth of the year to give Shawnee a 1-0 lead, but three minutes later Tyler Aresenault would score the first of his two on the night to tie the score at 1-1.

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Shawnee scored eight goals in the second period as they routed Holy Cross 10-0 in SJHSIHL action played at the Igloo on Monday night. Jesse Pagliuso and Lawrence Walker each had a hat trick to pace the offensive attack. Vinny Misiewicz added two goals for the Renegades. The lead was just 2-0 after the first period as Michael Peccini and Walker both found the net in the opening period.

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Jonathan Ruiz opened the season scoring three goals in the first period, four overall as Williamstown beat Shawnee 8-2 in the season opener for both teams in the SJHSIHL Tier 1 division. Ruiz scored on his first shift of the game at the thirteen second mark to make it 1-0. He would score two more goals, one on the power play as Williamstown led 3-0. Lee Alessandrini would put Shawnee on the board late in the period to cut the lead to 3-1.

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